narratively
advEtymology From narrative + -ly.
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In a narrative manner: in the form of a story.
- The book presents world history narratively.
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In terms of narrative.
- The film was technically superb but narratively muddled.
- Bag of Bones is, hands down, [Stephen] King's most narratively subversive fiction. Whenever you're positive–just positive!–you know where this ghost story is heading, that's exactly when it gallops off in some jaw-dropping new direction.1998 September 23, Tom De Haven, “Stephen King, Bag of Bones [book review]”, in Entertainment Weekly, New York, N.Y.: Entertainment Weekly, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Oct 2015: